Hujing Island

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Hujing Island^[3] / Huching Island^[4]^[5]^[6] / Hujing Islet^[7]^[8] (Chinese: 虎井嶼; pinyin: Hǔjǐng Yǔ; Wade–Giles: Hu³-ching³ Yü³; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Hó͘-chéⁿ-sū) is an islet in Hujing Village (虎井里), Magong City, Penghu County (the Pescadores), Taiwan.^[9] The island has also been known as Da'anshan (大案山) and the nearby Tongpan Island as Xiao'anshan (小案山).^[10]^: 19 The southern part of the island is crossed by the Tropic of Cancer.^[7]^[11] Hujing Island is the seventh largest island in Penghu (the Pescadores). The island is 7 nmi (13 km) from Penghu Main Island. There are mountains on the eastern end (Dongshan) and western end (Sishan) of the island.^[12]

Locationsouthwestern Magong City, Penghu County (the Pescadores), Republic of China (Taiwan)

Coordinates23.489747°N 119.526358°E

Area1.9972 km² (0.7711 sq mi)^[1]

ProvinceTaiwan (streamlined)

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Hujing Island
Native name: 虎井嶼 (Chinese)
Hujing Island
Hujing Island in Magong City, Penghu County
Geography
Location	southwestern Magong City, Penghu County (the Pescadores), Republic of China (Taiwan)
Coordinates	23.489747°N 119.526358°E / 23.489747; 119.526358
Area	1.9972 km² (0.7711 sq mi)^[1]
Administration
Republic of China (Taiwan)
Province	Taiwan (streamlined)
County	Penghu
County-administered city	Magong
Demographics
Population	~100 (2017)^[2]
Additional information
Time zone	National Standard Time (UTC+8)

Hujing Island

Location of Hujing Island

Ferries run three times a day between Magong on the main island of Penghu and Hujing Island.^[13] It takes about twenty minutes to reach Hujing Island from Penghu's main island by boat.^[2]

History

The island takes its current name from a tradition in which a tiger was found in a dry cave (or well^[5]) near the south end of the island.^[3]

According to tradition, the Dutch built a fortress on the island which sank into the sea. No significant discoveries have been made in the area.^[3]

On July 12, 1683, Qing Empire naval forces took Hujing Island and Tongpan Island in the early stages of the Battle of Penghu.^[10]^: 42

A World War II-era Japanese bomb shelter built on the island survives and is accessible to the public free of charge.^[5]

In January 2019, there were noted complaints about collapsing roads and slow repair times around the western mountain area of the island.^[14]

In June 2019, there were a total of six students in the island's primary school.^[15]

Geography

The population of Hujing (Huching) village, noted for its seafood restaurants, is concentrated on the southwest end of the island.^[5]

The island's geology is noted for black volcanic rock formations.^[5] The island is higher in altitude than nearby Tongpan Island with a plain between the mountainous areas where most of the population lives.^[7]^[12]

Gallery

Power Station
Guanyin Statue
Guanyin Temple
Guanyin Temple
Command Post
Hujing Island
Map of Penghu (the Pescadores) including Hujing Island (labeled as Groote Taaffel) (circa 1726)
Map of Hujing Island (labeled as Kosei-tō) and surrounding area (AMS, 1944)
Map including Hujing Island (labeled as Hu-ching hsü (Kosei-sho) 虎井嶼) (AMS, 1950)

References

[1]
澎湖的島嶼. 澎湖國家風景區管理處 (in Chinese (Taiwan)). Retrieved 2 November 2019. ＃行政區域島嶼名稱經度緯度面積 (平方公里) 有人居住 (*) {...}7 馬公巿虎井嶼 119° 31' 33.20" 23° 29' 25.70" 1.9972 *
[2]
虎井海島休閒民宿. 澎湖國家風景區管理處 (in Chinese (Taiwan)). 3 October 2017. Retrieved 2 November 2019. 位於馬公市南方約20分鐘船程的一個島嶼。{...}人口約一百人的小漁村,
[3]
"Hujing Island". Tourism Bureau, Republic of China (Taiwan). 18 March 2019. Retrieved 2 November 2019. In the 17th century, it is said, the Dutch came here and built a fortress that later sank into the sea in the midst of a battle. Scholars who have come to explore the area in recent years have made no significant discoveries, leaving the sunken fortress a 300-year mystery.{...}It' s named according to a legend that there was once a tiger crouching in a dry cave at the southeast of the island.
[4]
"Beauty spot". Magong City Office, Penghu County. 29 June 2017. Retrieved 2 November 2019. Huching Island
[5]
Robert Storey (1998). Taiwan. Lonely Planet. p. 304. ISBN 978-0-86442-634-5 – via Internet Archive. Huching Island (hǔjǐng yǔ) 虎井嶼
[6]
Robert Kelly; Joshua Samuel Brown, eds. (March 2011). Taiwan (8 ed.). Singapore: Lonely Planet. p. 292. ISBN 978-1-74179-043-6. Huching Island
[7]
"PENGHU From island to island" (PDF). Penghu County Government. 2010s. p. 2. Retrieved 2 November 2019. Dongshan Hujing Deep Sea Shadow Hujing Islet Hujing Port Guanyin Temple Sishan{...}In recent years, to mark the Tropic of Cancer passing through Hujing Island, a new structure was built
[8]
Stephen Keeling; Brice Minnigh (2007). The Rough Guide to Taiwan. London: Rough Guides. p. 445. ISBN 978-1-84353-527-0 – via Internet Archive. Hujing Islet
[9]
澎湖縣土地段名代碼表 (in Chinese (Taiwan)). Department of Land Administration. 8 April 2019. Retrieved 2 November 2019. 地政事務所名稱(代碼) 澎湖(XA) 鄉鎮市區名稱(代碼) 馬公市(01) 段小段代碼備註{...}虎井 0023
[10]
臺灣歷史地圖增訂版 [Taiwan Historical Maps, Expanded and Revised Edition] (in Chinese (Taiwan)). Taipei: National Museum of Taiwan History. February 2018. pp. 19, 42. ISBN 978-986-05-5274-4. 福爾摩沙島與澎湖群島圖{...}I. 小案山（桶盤嶼） J. 大案山（虎井嶼）{...}7.12 奪虎井、桶盤
[11]
Yu, Shyi-Liang; Chu, Ying-Chien; Tsai, Huei-Min (December 2016). "Environmental changes and building resilient community in Penghu Islands". Journal of Marine and Island Cultures. 5 (2): 126–132. Bibcode:2016JMICu...5..126Y. doi:10.1016/j.imic.2016.09.003. The Tropic of Cancer at 23 ° 27′ goes through the southern part of Huching Islet of the islands.
[12]
虎井嶼遊憩區. 澎湖國家風景區管理處 (in Chinese (Taiwan)). 11 October 2016. Retrieved 2 November 2019. 虎井嶼是澎湖群島的第七大島，距馬公市7海浬，島上有壯觀的玄武岩柱狀節理。{...}全島分為東西二山，村落就位在東、西山之間，
[13]
交通船時間表. Magong City Office, Penghu County (in Chinese (Taiwan)). 31 October 2019. Retrieved 2 November 2019.
[14]
劉禹慶 (21 January 2019). 虎井嶼西山道路崩塌多時民怨官速度太慢. Liberty Times (in Chinese (Taiwan)). Retrieved 2 November 2019.
[15]
劉禹慶 (11 June 2019). 虎井嶼人口嚴重外流僅有一名國小畢業生. Liberty Times (in Chinese (Taiwan)). Retrieved 2 November 2019. 位在澎湖南海的虎井嶼，與其他離島一樣，面臨人口嚴重流失問題，虎井國小全校僅6位學生，

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